I wasn’t quite sure how Veep was going to maintain its status as television’s funniest series, with main character Selina Meyer (the brilliant by Emmy-winner Julie Louis-Dreyfus) no longer in The White House, and the supporting players cut loose and spread out. But, … [Read more...]

May 2, 1946– Lesley Sue Goldstein:
"There’s nothing more wonderful than standing on stage and shaking your finger and singing ‘Don’t tell me what to do."
Oh, my. How many times in my life have I been forced to utter: “I’m Not Just One Of Your Many Toys”? Why, I said it to The … [Read more...]

April 30, 1877– Alice B. Toklas:
"I am a person acted upon, not a person who acts."
Alice Babette Toklas left Seattle for Paris when she was 30-years-old. In Paris she met another American dyke, Gertrude Stein. The two women were a couple for the next 39 years, living through … [Read more...]

April 27, 1948– Catherine Elizabeth Pierson
"There’s a whole split personality thing of being a farm girl and a rock and roll girl."
The B-52s have worked hard to earn the title of the "World’s Greatest PartyBand". Yet, they modestly call themselves a "tacky little dance band … [Read more...]

An anonymous hactivist, known only as WauchulaGhost, targeted more than 250 jihadist social media accounts and following the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, replaced the pro-ISIS imagery with pro-LGBTQ messages and links to gay porn.
His hijacking of the accounts … [Read more...]

April 1982- 35-years ago the number one song in the country was I Love Rock N’ Roll by Joan Jett And The Blackhearts.
The song was originally recorded and released by the very British band, The Arrows, in 1975, written by The Arrow’s Alan Merrill, who claimed it was written: … [Read more...]

April 16, 1939– Dusty Springfield is one of the most loved recording artists of my long lifetime. Her music has moved me, thrilled me and comforted me for 55 years. For me, her album Dusty In Memphis (1969) is a perfect LP. I cannot fault a single note. Every selection is … [Read more...]

April 10, 1880– When you think about a New Yorker addressed as Madam Secretary, someone else’s name might pop in your head. History seems to have forgotten poor Frances Perkins. She was just one of the most influential women of the 20th Century, that’s all. If they actually knew … [Read more...]

The controversy over Disney inclusion of a gay character in the new live action version of Beauty and the Beast has boiled over all over social media. Well, this woman for one is NOT having their straight agenda forced down her throat, so to speak.
"I'm a loving person, this … [Read more...]

A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision by the full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago comes just three weeks … [Read more...]